fail ⇒ 卫星发射失败了。 Wèixīng fāshè shībài le. → The satellite launch was unsuccessful. ⇒ 他雅思考试又失败了。 Tā yǎsī kǎoshì yòu shībài le. → He failed IELTS again. ⇒ 我军在那次战斗中遭到了失败。 Wǒ jūn zài nà cì zhàndòu zhōng zāodàole shībài. → Our army was defeated in that battle.
惨败
suffer a disastrous defeat
战败
( 打败 ) defeat
打败
defeat
溃败
be defeated
破败
( 衰败 ) declining
腐败
rot ⇒ 腐败的食物 fǔbài de shíwù → rotten food
衰败
decline
败仗
defeat ⇒ 这位将军从未打过败仗。 Zhè wèi jiāngjūn cóngwèi dǎguo bàizhàng. → This general has never suffered defeat.
败北
be defeated
败坏
corrupt
败局
defeat
败笔
artistic defect
败类
scum
败落
decline ⇒ 这个大家族逐渐败落了。 Zhège dà jiāzú zhújiàn bàiluò le. → The great family gradually went into decline.
败诉
lose a lawsuit ( pt , pp lost )
败露
be exposed
败家子
spendthrift
一败涂地
come a cropper
两败俱伤
lose-lose situation
伤风败俗
offend public decency ⇒ 这本小说被公认为伤风败俗。 Zhè běn xiǎoshuō bèi gōngrèn wéi shāng fēng bài sú. → This novel was widely condemned as an offence to public decency.
功败垂成
fall at the last hurdle
气急败坏
exasperated
身败名裂
be utterly discredited
English translation of '败'
败 (敗)
(bài)
动
(= 打败) defeat
⇒ 大败敌人 (dà bài dírén) defeat the enemy
⇒ 我们败于主队。 (Wǒmen bài yú zhǔduì.) We lost to the home team.